Lovely Professional University

Lovely Professional University
LPU

Seal of the Lovely Professional University[1]
Motto Transforming Education Transforming India
Type Private
Established 2005 (2005)
Affiliation Secular
Chancellor Ashok Mittal[2]
Vice-Chancellor Ramesh Kanwar[3]
Director H.R Singla
Academic staff
 3500
Students 30,000
Location Phagwara, Punjab, IndiaIndia
31°15′13″N 75°42′13″E / 31.253609°N 75.70367°E / 31.253609; 75.70367Coordinates: 31°15′13″N 75°42′13″E / 31.253609°N 75.70367°E / 31.253609; 75.70367
Campus Semi-urban 600 acres (2.4 km2)[4]
Colours
   Orange and Black
Mascot Sun of Knowledge[5]
Affiliations UGC, AIU, NCTE, PCI, COA, BCI
Website www.lpu.in

Lovely Professional University is a university semi-residential university in North India created under the Punjab State Private University Act 2005 and recognized by UGC[6] under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956.[7] LPU offers around 200 programmes and courses at diploma, under-graduate, graduate, post graduate, and doctoral levels.The university has more than 25,000 students getting graduated every year.[8][9]

Situated on National Highway-1, at the entrance to Jalandhar City, the university offers separate residential facilities for male and female students. It has connections with universities and institutes in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Brazil, Poland, and Ghana for twinning programmes and student exchanges.

The university has received the recognition, approval and membership of the national statutory bodies UGC,[10] NCTE, PCI,[11] IAP, COA, BCI, AIU[12] and international memberships of Association of Commonwealth Universities (UK), International Association of Universities (France), Accreditation Council of Business Schools and Programs (USA), The Institute of International Education (New York).

Campus life

LPU's Division of Student Affairs (DSA) provides leisure activities. The Division designs culture, sports, services and other allied social activities and delivers these through different clubs. There is a mall within the campus that houses the in-campus Hotel Unihotel, along with a bowling alley and a state-of-the-art multi-gym at the top floor. There are various kiosks spread across the campus for varied needs. On October 4, 2015, Rwandan Ambassador visited Lovely Professional University campus.[13]

Awards and rankings

International affairs

Lovely Professional University has Partnerships and tie-ups in both academic and non-academic areas with foreign universities and institutes in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Brazil, Poland, Ghana, New Zealand, Switzerland, China, Croatia, Spain, Mongolia, and Vietnam.

Tie-ups

LPU has tie-ups with the following universities:

United States

United Kingdom

Australia

Canada

International Association of Universities (IAU) memberships

LPU holds IAU membership with:[17]

LPU has an International Students Division, which serves as a single point of contact for the international students for issues relating to visa, travel guidance, academic counselling or availing of student services on the campus.

The University offers four major types of international programs:

  1. International Twinning Arrangement Programs, wherein a student completes a part of studies at LPU and the remaining part with LPU's partner Foreign University under articulation arrangements.
  2. English Language Programs for international students, from non-English speaking Countries or those where English is not the first language.
  3. Study India Programs for students studying abroad.
  4. Study Abroad Programs where the LPU students study a part of the programme in a university (LPU's partner university) in a different country and earn the academic credits from that university which are clubbed/added to the credits from LPU.

Memberships

The University is recognized by University Grant Commission (UGC) and is member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU). It is also a member of other prestigious global organisations such as International Association of Universities (IAU), France; Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK; Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs(ACBSP), USA; The Institute of International Education(IIE), New York and Maldives Qualification Authority, Maldives.[17][18][19][10][21]

Violence on campus

In April 2011, during a football game a student was beaten by opposition team members and died a few hours later in hospital. The beaten student was from Mizoram and the three accused were Sudanese and Tanzanian.[22] The racial aspect of the crime led to near-rioting on the campus, destroying a number of kiosks and cars. Tension continued with the university closed for three days, and with police being pelted with stones by angry students.[23] LPU Pro-Chancellor Rashmi Mittal described the attack as, "students didn’t take the spirit of the game in a positive manner".[24] The university's management have also been criticised for ignoring earlier and later racial attacks.[25] [26]

References

  1. ↑ "Lovely Professional University's Seal". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Our Team". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Message from Vice Chancellor". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Facts". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Lovely Professional University". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Private University List". UGC. December 26, 2005. Retrieved December 26, 2005.
  7. ↑ "The University Grants Commission Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Lovely Professional University. "About Us". Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  9. ↑ Lovely Professional University. "LPU In Media". Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  10. 1 2 University Grants Commission. "University".
  11. ↑ PCI, PCI (December 26, 2005). "Approved Diploma Institutions". PCI. Retrieved December 26, 2005.
  12. ↑ AIU, AIU (December 26, 2005). "AIU Members List". AIU. Retrieved December 26, 2005.
  13. ↑ "Rwandan Ambassador visited Lovely Professional University".
  14. ↑ "CSR-GHRDC Engineering Colleges Survey 2011" (PDF). Competition Success Review: 1–6. August 2011.
  15. ↑ "Jawahar Lal Oswal bags lifetime". Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  16. ↑ National Outstanding B School Award (25 March 2011). "LPU wins two prestigious awards at Star News National Awards".
  17. 1 2 International Association of Universities (IAU). "Institutions".
  18. 1 2 Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK. "ACU members".
  19. 1 2 Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs(ACBSP), USA. "Current ACBSP Members - Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs".
  20. ↑ Institute of International Education. "IIE Network Member Institutions".
  21. ↑ Association of Indian University. "LPU, Lovely professional university".
  22. ↑ "Mizo student killed in Lovely Professional University during football match". Times of India. 27 April 2011.
  23. ↑ "Africans in jail custody for Mizo's death". Times of India. 30 April 2011.
  24. ↑ "African students beat Mizo youth to death at campus football game". indianexpress.com. 28 April 2011.
  25. ↑ "Mizo student’s death not first act of campus violence". The Sunday Guardian. 1 May 2011.
  26. ↑ "Brutal attack on Burundi national — hate crime or drunken brawl?". The Hindu. 20 January 2013.

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